ON THE PRIVILEGE OF BURIAL.
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50.
"''Jew, since it must be, take in pledge
Of payment'—so a Cardinal
Has sighed to me as if a wedge
Entered his heart'—this best of all
My treasures!' Leda, Ganymede
Or Antiope: swan, eagle, ape,
(Or what's the beast of what's the breed)
And Jupiter in every shape!
"''Jew, since it must be, take in pledge
Of payment'—so a Cardinal
Has sighed to me as if a wedge
Entered his heart'—this best of all
My treasures!' Leda, Ganymede
Or Antiope: swan, eagle, ape,
(Or what's the beast of what's the breed)
And Jupiter in every shape!
51.
"' Whereat if I presume to ask
'But, Eminence, though Titian's whisk
Of brush have well performed its task,
How comes it these false godships frisk
"' Whereat if I presume to ask
'But, Eminence, though Titian's whisk
Of brush have well performed its task,
How comes it these false godships frisk
